Improved device for hanging- picture-frames



tnttd States JOHN N. GILLISPIE, OF WALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters .Patent No. 102,805, dated May 10, 1870.

IMPROVED DEVICE FOR HANGING PICTURE-FRAMES, 8m.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making pari: of the same.

To all whom tt may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN N. GILLIsPIE, of Waltham, in the county of Middlesex and State of vMas'- sachusetts, have invented an Improved Device for Hanging Pioture-Framesfdic., directly to a wall, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings making part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a perspective view, representing my improved device and its application in supporting a frame from a wall.

Figure 2 is a longitinlinnl section through the center ofthe same.

Myinvention has for its object to provide a reliable means ofsecuriug a frame to the wall of an apartment without the employment of the ordinary cord heretofore used for this purpose; and

My invention consists in ahook, one end of which is provided with a screw for fastening it to the wall, while the other end of the hook passes up through and projects above a clasp or socket-plate, secured to the center of the back of the frame, at or near its top, a thumb-screw passing through the portion of' the hook projecting up above the clasp, and being turned against the top oi' the frame for the'purpose of inclining 'it so as to bring the lower edge of the frame to a firm bearing against the wall, by which construct-ion the frame is prevented trom swinging on its hook, and by dispensing with the cord the, sta-in on the wall often produced thereby is avoided, as well as the danger ot' the frame falling by the parting ot' the cord, which freqnentlyihappens when the latter is motheaten or impaired' by age.

' To enable others skilled in the art to understand and .use my invention, I will proceed to describe the manner in which I have carried it out.

In the said drawings- A is my improved hook, of the form seen, being provided with a gimlet-screw, a, at one end, for faciliity tion 3, at o1' nearly at right angles to its horizontal portion, 4.

B is a clasp or socket-plate, secured hy screws to the top of the frame, near its center.

The portion 3 of thc hook passes through and projects above theclasp, and is provided with a. hole for the reception of a thumb-screw, l, the end of which is pressed against the inside of the top of the frame, the pressure upon which serves to incline the frame so as to bring its lower edge against the wall, where it finds atirmbearing, and is thereby prevented from swinging on its hook, the thumb-screw b also acting as a stop to prevent the frame from being accidentally nnhooked.

By means of my improvement, it will be seen that a frame' of' any ordinary size may be suspended bya single hook, while the cost of' the cord ordinarily employed, the inconvenience of attaching it to the frame -and nait in the wall, and the staining of the wall, are

thereby avoided.

It is evident that a frame may be made to pitch forward at a greater or less angle than that shown by v 

